Wheel and Hub Failures A must read. My son just lost the rear 2wheels today on his trailer..he was lucky.
Wheel safety on your truck or car
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zorry
Veteran Expediter
Two comments:
I've heard Canada will put a torque wrench to check lug nuts. Each out of spec nut is a separate violation.
Speedco, which has good and bad points, has a torque wrench that gives you a print-out of torque applied to each stud.
I will get this done soon after tire replacement.
It shows that I've made more than routine effort to be sure truck is "in spec ".
I've heard Canada will put a torque wrench to check lug nuts. Each out of spec nut is a separate violation.
Speedco, which has good and bad points, has a torque wrench that gives you a print-out of torque applied to each stud.
I will get this done soon after tire replacement.
It shows that I've made more than routine effort to be sure truck is "in spec ".
Over-torquing and under torquing: are aluminum wheels and steel wheels torqued at a different setting due to the difference in the metal?
http://www.conmet.com/pdfs/preset_serv_manual_revb.pdfound I did not know there was this much to big rig wheel installs. Did not know that lug nuts on a big rig were torqued from 300 ft lbs to 450 ft lbs.